Driving in Japan

Updated 11 December 2025

I never had any interest in learning to drive when growing up in Australia, but once I moved to Japan and got into hiking, I realised I was going to need to be able to drive to get to some of the mountains on the hyakumeizan list.

I spent a couple of months attending driving school, passed all my exams on the first try (and in Japanese, which I’m pretty proud of) and then bought my first ever car, a Suzuki Jimny Sierra.

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